"Miscellaneous political instability. There's been a lot of prime turnover in a very short period of time. I'm seventeen years old and, except for a fellow who's most probably on his deathbed, I have been a prime longer than anyone else alive. The five families are important to an assortment of politics in Welce, and while an appointed agent could probably smooth over much of it, an actual prime being present would help. The king is not on his deathbed, but if something happens to him, failing to orchestrate the turnover with the relevant magical ratification procedure would also not go over well with the population. And - I wish to clarify that this is not a threat, but you asked - because the only way primacy transfers is through the death of a previous prime, if anyone both unethical and in a position to suffer from this miscellaneous political instability were able to locate you, they might consider assassination an obvious solution. It's quite possible no one else will be able to find you. Sarelle was using magic and on top of that you don't look hunti at all."